The Resource The house of impossible beauties, Joseph Cassara
The house of impossible beauties, Joseph Cassara
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Resource Information
The item The house of impossible beauties, Joseph Cassara represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in McCracken County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- "A gritty and gorgeous debut that follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 80s and 90s, inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary "Paris is Burning""--
- 1980, New York City. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must tend to their house alone. She recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus's life. The Xtravaganzas lean on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062676979
- Label
- The house of impossible beauties
- Title
- The house of impossible beauties
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph Cassara
- Subject
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- FICTION / Gay
- FICTION / Literary
- Fiction
- Gay youth
- Gay youth -- Fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York (State) | Harlem
- FICTION -- Gay
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Nineteen nineties
- Nineteen nineties -- Fiction
- Novels
- Transgender people
- Transgender people -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties
- FICTION -- Literary
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A gritty and gorgeous debut that follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 80s and 90s, inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary "Paris is Burning""--
- 1980, New York City. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must tend to their house alone. She recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus's life. The Xtravaganzas lean on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cassara, Joseph
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3603.A86822
- LC item number
- H68 2018
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gay youth
- Transgender people
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Nineteen eighties
- Nineteen nineties
- Hispanic Americans
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Gay youth
- Transgender people
- New York (State)
- Nineteen eighties
- Nineteen nineties
- FICTION / Gay
- FICTION / Literary
- Label
- The house of impossible beauties, Joseph Cassara
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn986952015
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062676979
- Lccn
- 2017021665
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780062676979
- (OCoLC)986952015
- Label
- The house of impossible beauties, Joseph Cassara
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn986952015
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062676979
- Lccn
- 2017021665
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780062676979
- (OCoLC)986952015
Subject
- FICTION / Gay
- FICTION / Literary
- Fiction
- Gay youth
- Gay youth -- Fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York (State) | Harlem
- FICTION -- Gay
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Nineteen nineties
- Nineteen nineties -- Fiction
- Novels
- Transgender people
- Transgender people -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties
- FICTION -- Literary
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